Early voting will open this Saturday, for citizens who wish to cast their ballots in the upcoming December runoff election.

Early voting will be held Saturday, Nov. 24, through Saturday, Dec. 1 (except for Sunday, Nov. 25), from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Locations are the Northshore Technical Community College campus in Bogalusa, and the Washington Parish Courthouse in Franklinton.

Voters will be asked to identify themselves with either a photo ID or a signature on a voter affidavit. Voters may use a driver’s license, Louisiana special ID, Louisiana Wallet digital driver’s license, or some other generally recognized picture ID that has a name and signature.

All Washington Parish voters will be eligible to vote in the special election for Louisiana Secretary of State. The candidates are Kyle Ardoin, the interim incumbent and a Republican, and Gwen Collins-Greenup, a Democrat.

All Bogalusa voters can participate in the runoff election for mayor, between incumbent Wendy Perrette and challenger Doug Ritchie. In addition, voters in District C will decide whether their next council member will be Oneita Graham or Shelby Temples.

Bogalusa voters will also have the chance to vote on three tax propositions, which state the following options:

• Authorize the levy of a new 3-mill property tax in the city for the purpose of paying retirement and pension benefits to the City of Bogalusa Employees Retirement System (COBERS).
• Rededicate 12.5 percent of the city’s 1-percent sales tax approved at an election held on March 15, 1955, for the purpose of paying retirement and pension benefits to COBERS.
• Rededicate half of the city’s 1/4-percent sales tax approved at an election held on Nov. 17, 2007, for the purpose of paying retirement and pension benefits to COBERS.

Voters in Washington Parish District 5 will choose between Thomas R. “Rusty” Fornea and Randy Thomas as their new council member.

Finally, voters in the town of Franklinton will vote on five separate resolutions concerning alcohol sales within the town limits.

The official runoff election day will be Saturday, Dec. 8.